Course & Elevation
The Tokyo Marathon is a road marathon through central Tokyo held on the first Sunday of March, and one of the Abbott World Marathon Majors. The 2026 race was on 1 March and the 20th edition is set for Sunday 7 March 2027. The course is certified by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) and by World Athletics and AIMS. It starts at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku and finishes in front of Tokyo Station on Gyoko-dori. In between it passes Suidobashi, Ueno-hirokoji, Kanda, Nihonbashi, Asakusa Kaminarimon, Ryogoku, Monzen-nakacho, Ginza, Tamachi and Hibiya. The marathon also includes a wheelchair marathon. The first Tokyo Marathon was held in 2007. The men's course record is 2:02:16, set by Benson Kipruto in 2024, and the women's record is 2:14:29, set by Brigid Kosgei in 2026. About 38,773 runners took part in 2026, according to a preliminary count. Runners must be at least 19 on race day, and the organisers offer entry through a general ballot, charity runners and other routes, with the 2027 general entry period set for August 2026.
Course Facts
Weather
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
9°C
Temperature
57%
Humidity
33%
Rain Chance
Early March in Tokyo is cool and fairly dry: average highs are about 14°C and lows about 5°C, with some rain on roughly ten days of the month.
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